Meeting LPs in another country
How fund managers from outside each market get their first meetings with its allocators: who allocates, how meetings run, when to go, and why the room matters.
Each guide sets out what Private Capital Development (PCD) sees around first meetings between fund managers and LPs in one market. Nearly two-thirds of the LP meetings PCD has arranged brought together a manager and an LP based in different countries; these guides distill that experience, one market at a time.
- Germany
Start in Frankfurt or Munich, not Berlin. Expect family offices that invest like funds of funds, meet by video first, and do not mistake SuperReturn for a meeting strategy.
- Japan
Go in person, show rather than tell, and never ask a question that needs a “no.” Trust banks, consultants and the Japan Post group lead PCD’s record.
- Switzerland
PCD’s largest market outside the United States. Treat Geneva and Zurich as equals, meet face to face when practical, and do not assume the money behind a Swiss meeting is Swiss.
- The Gulf (GCC)
Six states, one guide. Go in person, start early, build slack into your schedule, and know how Ramadan and the working week shape a trip.
- United Kingdom
The most crowded market in the series. You are competing for an LP’s time with managers from everywhere, so make the ask small and specific, and treat London as a crossroads for investors from elsewhere.